Entries by Cin-Ty Lee

Rice students win coveted Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation

Every year, the National Science Foundation awards Graduate Research Fellowships to senior undergrads and beginning graduate students.  These prestigious awards provide full funding for graduate school in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering.  They are one of the most coveted awards for a young scientist.  This year, two of our current students and two […]

SCIENCE: Continental Arc Volcanism driving greenhouse-icehouse variability

Continental arc volcanism as the principal driver of icehouse-greenhouse variability N. Ryan McKenzie, Brian K. Horton, Shannon E. Loomis, Daniel F. Stockli, Noah J. Planavsky,Cin-Ty A. Lee Science  22 Apr 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6284, pp. 444-447, DOI: 10.1126/science.aad5787 Variations in continental volcanic arc emissions have the potential to control atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels […]

April 16 – High Island birds and geology

When: April 16, 2016 Where: Birding at High Island and Bolivar Flats What to expect: peak of bird migration, thousands of shorebirds, hundreds of colorful songbirds, and lunch on a salt dome rimmed by oil wells! What to bring: binoculars (if you have them, but not absolutely necessary), hat, sunscreen, water, lunch, full gas tank. […]

Matt Weller – AGU SEDI – Graduate Research Award 2015

Matthew Weller will receive the 2015 Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Focus Group Graduate Research Award at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 14–18 December in San Francisco, Calif. Matthew Weller received a dual B.Sc. in geology and astrophysics from the University of Toledo in 2007 and a M.Sc. in […]

Manik Talwani wins 2015 Maurice Ewing Award from the SEG

Our Manik Talwani received the Society of Exploration Geophysicist’s Maurice Ewing Medal this year.  From the SEG wiki: “The 2015 Maurice Ewing Award goes to Dr. Manik Talwani who received his PhD in 1959 from Columbia University under the tutelage of Doc Ewing, who would be justifiably proud of his student. Manik has received an […]

Geounion Monthly Dinner Sep 17

Date: Thursday September 17th Time: 6pm Venue: Mai’s Restaurant Vietnamese Cuisine Website: http://maishouston.com/index.php Reason: Meet and interact with your peers in a relaxed setting and you need to take a break from work to eat anyways! What you need: $$ for food and drinks. It is self-funded What to do: Sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u6zp2YsjlZ4rUQLVYKFXb7QaBi87vvpBWTbqRw2o7PU/edit?usp=sharing “Food is our […]